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on Wednesday September 07, 2011 @10:25AM
from the and-you-thought-java-was-slow dept.

snydeq writes "Ruby creator Yukihiro Matsumoto discusses the past, present, and future of the popular programming language, calling mobile the next target for Ruby: 'I'm currently working on an alternative subset or dialect of Ruby for the small devices. I'm going to make it public early next year. Of course, mobile computing is the way to go, so that's one of the reasons I focus on the Ruby dialect working on the smaller devices.'"

Of course, mobile computing is the way to go, so that's one of the reasons I focus on the Ruby dialect working on the smaller devices.

While I do have Ruby on my N900, I wish him the best of luck in his goals. Between the attacks from the Apple and MS camp on Android and little to no attention being paid to real solutions like MeeGo, all we'll be left with in short order is anti-geek platforms like Windows Phone and iOS, where running things like Ruby (or Python) are expressly verboten.